A game that lets players to experience software development is a great way to introduce programming and coding concepts like loops and www.mrworkspace.nl/2010/05/11/the-news-from-software-development-world-game/ conditional statements. Games that do this include Zachtronics Shenzhen I/O which puts players in the shoes of dissatisfied engineers who work for an uninteresting chip maker and must design computer chips by hand. The circuits they’re required to design are more complex, starting with making the lights blink in a specific pattern.
The interface in the game appears very similar to web browser’s developer tools and teaches scripting. Another great example is Screeps which is a game that combines JavaScript programming and massively multiplayer online games to build self-sustaining colonies. Both games are excellent at teaching basic concepts, and slowly introducing other players.